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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blazej Byczkiewicz (ranked 365 p4p, 501 weight class) and Bruce Vanorden (ranked 58 p4p, 75 weight class). Byczkiewicz's entrance music is The Analogs - Szczecin. A fine choice. Vanorden has chosen Unstoppable as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blazej Byczkiewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Vanorden!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Vanorden does it's job there.
Byczkiewicz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Vanorden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Byczkiewicz misses with a few strikes there.
Vanorden swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vanorden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden scores with a nice right hand.
Jab by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz scores with a nice right hand.
Vanorden looks to throw the jab but Byczkiewicz is out of range.
It looked like Byczkiewicz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vanorden lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Byczkiewicz swings for the body but Vanorden moves out of range.
Vanorden misses with a straight left.
Byczkiewicz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Vanorden connects with a right hand. Byczkiewicz shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanorden lands a nice looking body shot.
Vanorden throws a lazy right hand but Byczkiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Byczkiewicz loads up on a big right hand but Vanorden slips the punch.
Byczkiewicz misses with a looping left.
Byczkiewicz throws a lazy uppercut
and Vanorden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vanorden moves away from the strike by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden's corner calls for a 1-2. Vanorden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vanorden has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Byczkiewicz throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden moves away from the strike by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vanorden throws a lazy right hand but Byczkiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vanorden tries to clinch up but Byczkiewicz circles away and keeps his distance.
Byczkiewicz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vanorden lands an overhand right.
Vanorden moves away from the strike by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz clinches up with Vanorden and pushes him back against the cage.
Vanorden lands a left hand.
Byczkiewicz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Byczkiewicz misses with a body punch.
Vanorden stalling in the clinch but Byczkiewicz improves position.
Vanorden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byczkiewicz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byczkiewicz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Byczkiewicz can't break the clinch.
Vanorden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Byczkiewicz up against the cage.
Byczkiewicz tries to pull guard but Vanorden forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vanorden can't find room to land a body shot as Byczkiewicz controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byczkiewicz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vanorden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vanorden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byczkiewicz prevents a body shot from Vanorden.
Vanorden has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanorden.
Good body shot from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz decides to pull guard.
Vanorden sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vanorden won't allow Byczkiewicz to sweep him here.
Vanorden controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vanorden's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Byczkiewicz looking for a sweep. Not yet Byczkiewicz, not yet.
Byczkiewicz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vanorden's guard.
Vanorden is pulling down on Byczkiewicz's head. It's preventing any offense from Byczkiewicz, at least for the moment.
Vanorden is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Byczkiewicz is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byczkiewicz being controlled here momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz trying to control but Vanorden is working from the bottom.
Vanorden has Byczkiewicz pulled in close to control his posture.
Vanorden controls Byczkiewicz momentarily but Byczkiewicz frees himself.
Vanorden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Byczkiewicz is one step ahead there.
Vanorden bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Byczkiewicz's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Byczkiewicz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vanorden manages to get himself to full guard.
Byczkiewicz won't allow Vanorden to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Vanorden holds on and takes a little breather.
Vanorden has momentary wrist control but Byczkiewicz slips an elbow through the middle.
Vanorden is adopting a defensive guard.
Byczkiewicz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Byczkiewicz is looking to work some ground and pound but Vanorden has wrist control.
Byczkiewicz trying to control but Vanorden is working from the bottom.
Byczkiewicz throws a big right hand that misses.
Vanorden is trying to keep Byczkiewicz in close.
Byczkiewicz stopping the sweep attempt from Vanorden.
Vanorden pulls Byczkiewicz in close to his closed guard and prevents Byczkiewicz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Vanorden trying to keep a closed guard but Byczkiewicz is proving a slippery customer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Blazej Byczkiewicz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Byczkiewicz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vanorden scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vanorden looks to throw the jab but Byczkiewicz is out of range.
Nice body punch from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byczkiewicz moves out of range as Vanorden strikes.
Byczkiewicz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Byczkiewicz scores with a hook.
Vanorden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Byczkiewicz on the side of the head.
Vanorden catches Byczkiewicz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vanorden missing with a left hand there. Byczkiewicz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vanorden loads up on a big right hand but Byczkiewicz slips the punch.
Vanorden moves away from the strike by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden tries to clinch but Byczkiewicz is having none of it.
Vanorden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Byczkiewicz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bruce Vanorden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vanorden takes a swing at Byczkiewicz's ribcage but misses.
Vanorden lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Byczkiewicz misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Vanorden.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanorden wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vanorden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Byczkiewicz throws out the jab.
Vanorden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vanorden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vanorden throws out a loose jab but Byczkiewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vanorden misses with an uppercut. Byczkiewicz saw that one coming.
Byczkiewicz misses with a body shot.
Byczkiewicz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vanorden at a distance.
Vanorden takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vanorden lands a nice shot that snaps Byczkiewicz's head back.
Byczkiewicz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vanorden counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Byczkiewicz does no damage.
Vanorden takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanorden comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab lands there for Vanorden.
A telegraphed right hand from Vanorden misses the target.
Vanorden throws a body punch but Byczkiewicz moves out of range.
Vanorden throws a shot from downtown. Byczkiewicz moves away and avoids it.
Byczkiewicz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz slips under a jab from Vanorden.
It looked like Byczkiewicz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vanorden moves out of range of the strikes.
Byczkiewicz misses with the combination.
Byczkiewicz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Byczkiewicz slips under a jab.
Vanorden uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Byczkiewicz has time to react.
Vanorden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byczkiewicz digs a good hook to Vanorden's body.
Byczkiewicz just misses with a punch to the body.
Vanorden throws a jab when Byczkiewicz was well out of range.
Byczkiewicz scores with a nice right hand.
Byczkiewicz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Byczkiewicz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vanorden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Byczkiewicz misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Byczkiewicz. Vanorden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vanorden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vanorden.
Vanorden tries to close the distance and clinch but Byczkiewicz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Byczkiewicz misses.
Byczkiewicz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vanorden misses with a body shot.
Byczkiewicz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vanorden throws out the jab.
Byczkiewicz staying out of range there.
As Vanorden tries to get set, Byczkiewicz tries to push him back and clinch up but Vanorden manages to avoid the attempt.
Vanorden swats away the attempt to clinch by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz keeps the fight on the outside.
Vanorden slips a straight right by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byczkiewicz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vanorden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vanorden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vanorden might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Byczkiewicz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vanorden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vanorden.
Vanorden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vanorden scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vanorden misses with a hook. Byczkiewicz ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanorden lands with a cross.
Vanorden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vanorden throws a good cross that connects.
A jab lands there for Vanorden.
Vanorden misses with a right hand
letting Byczkiewicz counter with a right hand.
Byczkiewicz darts in trying to clinch
letting Vanorden counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanorden throws a hook but Byczkiewicz avoids it easily.
Vanorden jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vanorden closes the distance and clinches.
Byczkiewicz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Vanorden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Byczkiewicz walks into a jab.
Vanorden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Byczkiewicz throws out the jab.
Byczkiewicz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vanorden.
Vanorden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Byczkiewicz fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vanorden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byczkiewicz misses with a hook.
Vanorden misses with an uppercut
letting Byczkiewicz counter with a right hand.
Byczkiewicz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vanorden has time to react.
Vanorden digs a good hook to Byczkiewicz's body.
A big left from Vanorden misses.
Byczkiewicz lands with a cross.
Vanorden misses with an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Vanorden as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanorden throws a hook to the side of Byczkiewicz's head but Byczkiewicz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Byczkiewicz misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz missing with a left hand there. Vanorden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vanorden missing with a left hand there. Byczkiewicz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vanorden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byczkiewicz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slow jab from Byczkiewicz misses its intended target.
A lazy left from Vanorden finds it's target.
Byczkiewicz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanorden manages to avoid it.
Byczkiewicz is looking to clinch.
Vanorden slips under a jab.
Vanorden moves out of range of the strikes.
Vanorden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vanorden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Byczkiewicz.
Byczkiewicz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanorden throws a jab when Byczkiewicz was well out of range.
Vanorden lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Byczkiewicz at a distance.
Vanorden looks to land a left hand but Byczkiewicz moved out of range nicely.
Byczkiewicz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vanorden struggles to land a body shot inside as Byczkiewicz controls his hands.
Vanorden scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Byczkiewicz scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Vanorden as the two fighters clinch.
Vanorden has a couple of punches blocked by Byczkiewicz.
Vanorden takes a shot to the head.
Vanorden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Byczkiewicz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Byczkiewicz swings wildly with an uppercut but Vanorden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byczkiewicz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Byczkiewicz scores with a sloppy right hand. Vanorden should have avoided that one.
Vanorden scores with a jab. Byczkiewicz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vanorden swings for the body but Byczkiewicz moves out of range.
Vanorden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Byczkiewicz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vanorden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vanorden lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Byczkiewicz staying out of range there.
Vanorden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Byczkiewicz misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden misses with a body punch
and Byczkiewicz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Byczkiewicz wants to clinch up but Vanorden keeps it at a distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Vanorden misses.
Vanorden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Byczkiewicz clobbers Vanorden with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vanorden connects with a crisp jab.
Vanorden misses the jab.
Byczkiewicz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vanorden misses with an uppercut. Byczkiewicz saw that one coming.
Byczkiewicz looks to land a right hand but Vanorden moved out of range.
It seemed like Vanorden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vanorden throws a hook but Byczkiewicz avoids it easily.
Byczkiewicz slips a jab from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vanorden keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vanorden throws a body punch but Byczkiewicz moves out of range.
Byczkiewicz connects with the punch.
Vanorden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vanorden misses with a looping right.
Bruce Vanorden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byczkiewicz misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byczkiewicz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vanorden is rocked!
Byczkiewicz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vanorden is still on wobbly legs! Can Byczkiewicz finish him?
Vanorden misses with a left hand
and Byczkiewicz counters with a beautiful punch that sends Vanorden to the canvas!
Byczkiewicz preventing the sweep.
Vanorden is trying to keep Byczkiewicz in close.
Byczkiewicz stopping the sweep attempt from Vanorden.
Byczkiewicz throws a big right hand that misses.
Vanorden seems to have recovered his senses.
Byczkiewicz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Blazej Byczkiewicz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Byczkiewicz is working Vanorden over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vanorden managing to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanorden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Byczkiewicz arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Vanorden's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Blazej Byczkiewicz!
A relieved looking Blazej Byczkiewicz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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